Vuelta 2021: Roglic wins at steep Wall, Eiking stays in red

foto: Cor VosAttacker Magnus Cort is caught in the last few hundred metres of the wall-like finish climb in Valdepeñas de Jaén before Primoz Roglic powers to triumph. Enric Mas and Miguel Ángel López finish in second and third, while Odd Christian Eiking retains the red jersey. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 11th stage Vuelta a España 2021

1. Primoz Roglic (slo)
2. Enric Mas (spa) + 0.03
3. Miguel Ángel López (col) + 0.05
4. Jack Haig (aus) + 0.07
5. Adam Yates (gbr) s.t.
6. Romain Bardet (fra) s.t.
7. Felix Großschartner (aut) s.t.
8. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) s.t.
9. Egan Bernal (col) + 0.11
10. Odd Christian Eiking (nor) s.t.

17. Giulio Ciccone (ita) + 0.23

GC after stage 11
1. Odd Christian Eiking (nor)
2. Guillaume Martin (fra) + 0.58
3. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 1.56
4. Enric Mas (spa) + 2.31
5. Miguel Ángel López (col) + 3.28
6. Jack Haig (aus) + 3.55
7. Egan Bernal (col) + 4.46
8. Adam Yates (gbr) + 4.57
9. Sepp Kuss (usa) + 5.03
10. Felix Großschartner (aut) + 5.38

11. Giulio Ciccone (ita) + 6.08
12. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 6.22

Race report
After 30 kilometres of hard racing Edward Planckaert, Jonathan Lastra, Magnus Cort, Joan Bou and Harm Vanhoucke open up a gap of 2 minutes before it stabilises.

The gap has fallen below 1 minute when Cort heads out alone on the Puerto de Locubín. David de la Cruz tries to bridge across inside the last 2 kilometres, but to no avail. Cort reaches the summit with a lead of 20 seconds, which he extends slighly in the descent.

The Dane is caught in the last few hundred metres of the Wall in Valdepeñas de Jaén by Mas and Roglic. The Slovene leaves the Spaniard behind when he opens the sprint and wins 3 seconds plus the times bonus.

Red jersey Eiking finishes in tenth, 11 seconds down on Roglic, to keep La Roja.

Another interesting read: route 11th stage 2021 Vuelta.